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Bmojtaba Posted 15 years ago
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'The rash young man claimed the lottory prize only to find he had mesreas his number'
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young man shouldn't be difficult for you. lottery prize shouldn't be difficult for you. The man compared his ticket number to the winning number and said (=claimed) that he had won.
- young man shouldn't be difficult for you.
- lottery prize shouldn't be difficult for you.
- The man compared his ticket number to the winning number and said (=claimed) that he had won.
- Then he found out that he hadn't read his ticket number correctly, so he didn't really win the lottery.
- CJ
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young man shouldn't be difficult for you.
lottery prize shouldn't be difficult for you.
The man compared his ticket number to the winning number and said (=claimed) that he had won. Then he found out that he hadn't read his ticket number correctly, so he didn't really win the lottery.
CJ
lottery prize shouldn't be difficult for you.
The man compared his ticket number to the winning number and said (=claimed) that he had won. Then he found out that he hadn't read his ticket number correctly, so he didn't really win the lottery.
CJ
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only to [find / discover] that is an idiomatic structure that indicates that an unexpected surprising or disappointing result ensued. You might paraphrase it as "but then, surprisingly" or "but then, unexpectedly" or even something like "but then (What a disappointment!),"
The rash young man claimed the lottery prize, but then, surprisingly, found that he had misread his number
The rash young man claimed the lottery prize, but then, surprisingly, found that he had misread his number
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